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Herald of Amon

Samir Duran and Emil Narud were but two of the many guises used by an enigmatic xel’naga, loyal to the rogue xel’naga Amon. Even after his master’s banishment into the Void, Duran manipulated the powers of the terrans, protoss, and zerg in order to create the mighty hybrid, and pulled Amon back into the universe to finish his quest to end the xel’naga’s Infinite Cycle.
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The StarCraft franchise is a series of real-time strategy (RTS) computer games developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It is similar to Blizzard's previous hit franchise, Warcraft, except that it has a space opera setting rather than a high fantasy setting. StarCraft was the best selling video game of 1998, and was so successful that Blizzard estimated in 2004 that 9.5 million copies had been sold since its release (4.5 million copies in South Korea), making it the third best-selling computer game in history. StarCraft is praised for being a benchmark of RTS for its depth, intensity, and balanced races. The main storyline of the series revolves around a war between three galactic species: the protoss (a race of humanoid religious warriors), the zerg (vile insect-like aliens who share a hive mind) and the terrans (initially, descendants of human prisoners from Earth). The sequel, StarCraft II, is a trilogy with each "chapter" focusing on one of the three species.

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StarCraft II is now free to play, with all of multiplayer and the Wings of Liberty campaign being free to everyone. Han and Horner have been added as commanders in Co-op Missions, and massive balance changes have come to multiplayer.

Patch 3.11 will bring discounts to Co-op Commanders, announcers and skins, with all purchasable Co-op Commanders being bundled at a 20% discount, Nova and D.Va announcers being bundled with a 50% discount and all purchasable unit skins being sold at a 15% discount.

17 February—Blizzard No Longer Supports Windows XP and Windows Vista

Blizzard has announced that it will no longer support older versions of Windows for World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, Diablo III, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm at some point later this year. The games will no longer run on these operating systems when that happens. Blizzard pointed out that, with three major upgrades, the majority of its player base have stopped using the older operating systems.

Blizzard also foresaw upcoming changes to multiplayer. All three races are getting changes. Terran mech will become more powerful and less mobile, tempests will see their range reduced but gain an ability to paralyze enemy units, and the hydralisk will reclaim its status as a core unit.

27 October—WCS Top 16 Portraits Inbound for StarCraft II!

A portrait bundle commemorating the top 16 WCS 2016 finalists is available for purchase through the Battle.net shop. The portraits will become available in-game soon after the conclusion of the WCS Global Finals.

The new patch will unveil your "hidden" MMR ratings in a new ladder tab. It will also give split each league into three tiers, so a player can see where they fall within each league. Grand Master League players will have to play a certain number of games per week to stay there. The bonus pool will not apply to the Grand Master League. Changes are explained in this video.

28 June—Call to Action: Zerg Anti-Air Changes

Blizzard is testing a couple of changes to zerg anti-air. In the test map, the spore crawler can will be able to root more quickly, and the queen's anti-air attack range will be extended.

Blizzard's extensive thor testing has gone live. The thor's anti-air attack mode can switch between splash damage and powerful single-target attacks. The immortal underwent a major change (cutting the Barrier in half), and minor changes have been made to the liberator, cyclone, colossus, and swarm host.

17th May—Patch 3.3.0

Blizzard unleashed a multi-faceted patch: Abathur, is a new Co-op Commander, and Co-op features Mutations, bounties, mastery levels and various special awards. There are numerous bug fixes. Some more new features, such as chat emoticons and landing screens are described in further detail in that link.

13th May—Call to Action: Thor Testing

Blizzard wants us to test changes to the thor, specifically changing its anti-air attack. In this Call to Action, tested on the DuskTowers map, the thor can switch between splash damage and powerful single-target anti-air attacks. In addition, there is a small change to the liberator requiring testing.

Blizzard teased fans with a little info on the upcoming three mission pack; plot and unit upgrades displayed.

22nd March—Liberty Radio Is Back

Radio Liberty has a high-ranking secret agent reporting on a new intelligence scoop. Linking with Kate Lockwell's Twitter (CHIRP) and Nova: Covert Ops, fans can decipher Radio Liberty's messages to continue the storyline.

21st March—Kate Lockwell's Twitter Feed

Kate Lockwell's Twitter feed has gone live. Lockwell reported on the post-war state of the Dominion, including a video on the disappearance of ghosts.

Formerly known as Allied Commanders, co-op missions in LotV will let you and people of the same skill level play randomly-selected missions. Each time the same mission comes up, the AI will act differently. Your commanders will gain levels individually, with higher levels allowing a greater variety of units.

27th October—Sector 6

Blizzard posted the fourth Legacy of the Void web story, Sector 6, today. It focuses on the Moebius Foundation and its Brute Squad.